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Ernest Boyd (1887–1946)

Author of Ireland's literary renaissance

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Nana (1880) — Introduction, some editions — 4,363 copies, 68 reviews
Droll Stories (1832) — Editor, some editions — 1,322 copies, 14 reviews
The Story of My Life (1789) — Introduction, some editions — 1,252 copies, 14 reviews
Man of Straw (1918) — Translator, some editions — 940 copies, 13 reviews
Les Diaboliques (1874) — Translator, some editions — 701 copies, 13 reviews
Opium (1930) — Translator, some editions — 339 copies, 5 reviews
Monsieur Venus: A Materialist Novel (1884) — Introduction, some editions — 201 copies
The American Mercury Reader (1979) — Contributor — 85 copies, 1 review
A round-table in Poictesme : a symposium (1975) — Contributor — 21 copies, 2 reviews
The Reign of the Evil One (1917) — Introduction, some editions — 18 copies, 1 review

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Legal name
Boyd, Ernest Augustus
Other names
Gnathaí gan Iarraidh (pseudonym)
Birthdate
1887-06-28
Date of death
1946-12-30
Gender
male
Occupations
diplomat
writer
critic
translator
Short biography
Ernest Augustus Boyd (28 June 1887–30 December 1946), writer, journalist, and literary critic, was born at Westbury Terrace, Dublin.

After a period on the staff of the Irish Times (1910–13) he joined the British consular service in 1913. His first posting was as vice-consul to Baltimore, Maryland, where he became friendly with H. L. Mencken, about whom he later wrote a book; he was transferred to Barcelona in 1916 and Copenhagen in 1919.

A contributor to the Irish Review, Irish Monthly, and Revue de Paris, he was also a literary adviser to the Talbot Press.

Having resigned from the consular service, he settled in New York in 1920 and worked on the editorial staff and as a writer for various publications, and became adviser on foreign literature to the publishers Alfred A. Knopf and Blanche Knopf.
Dictionary of Irish Biography.
Nationality
Ireland
Birthplace
Dublin, Ireland
Places of residence
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Barcelona, Spain
Copenhagen, Denmark
New York, New York, USA
Place of death
New York, New York, USA

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